DrDiana Alcantara
Senior Research Fellow in Immunology (Global Health and Infection)
Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Orcid identifier0000-0003-3185-1548
- Senior Research Fellow in Immunology (Global Health and Infection)Brighton and Sussex Medical School
DEGREES
- PhD, BiochemistryUniversity of Sussex, Genome Damage and Stability Centre, Brighton, United Kingdom2008 - 2012
- MSc, Molecular MedicineImperial College London, Department of Oncology, London, United Kingdom2006 - 2007
- BSc, Biology: Genetics and Microbiology OptionUniversity of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal2000 - 2005
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Research scholarshipInstituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Lisbon, Entomology, Lisbon, Portugal2005 - 2006
- internshipHospital de Santa Maria, Human Genetics Unit, Lisbon, Portugal2001 - 2004Internship
- postdoctoral researcherUniversity of Sussex, Genome damage and stability centre, Brighton, United Kingdom2013 - 2018developed research on a range of human disorders associated mainly with impaired DNA Damage Response and metabolic homeostasis. Extensive work on human, patient-derived cell lines in order to establish genotype-to-phenotype relationships that were medically relevant.Postdoctoral Research
- postdoctoral researcherBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Global Health and Infection, Brighton, United Kingdom1 May 2018ImmunologyPostdoctoral ResearchSupervised by Newport M